The Bible has helped change the world in a number of ways.1 Here are a few examples: Many laws were initially based on the teachings of the Bible.2 Slavery was abolished by people who saw it contradicted what the Bible taught about the worth of all people.3 Science has been encouraged by many Biblically minded [...][Continue Reading...]

Some attempts to find scientific knowledge in the Bible are misplaced. For example, in Isaiah 40:22 the ‘circle of the earth’ does not describe the earth as a sphere; the Hebrew word for ‘circle’ is used, not the Hebrew for ‘sphere’ or ‘ball’. However, the Bible does contain information which has historically been of considerable [...][Continue Reading...]